Richard Huff

Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. was manufacturered and marketed oriented strand board with a focus on value-added specialty products for markets in North America and Asia. Its wood products included oriented strand board (OSB), oriented strand lumber (OSL) and specialty overlaid panels. The company's wholly-owned manufacturing facilities located in: Grande Prairie, Alberta; High Level, Alberta; 100 Mile House, British Columbia; and Barwick, Ontario. Ainsworth Lumber was founded on March 31, 1993 and was headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Tolko Industries Ltd. manufactures and distributes forest products. Its products include lumber, plywood and veneer, timbers and ties and kraft papers. The firm manufactures lumber, unbleached kraft papers, panel products, co-products, biomass power and a growing number of specialty wood products. The company was founded by Harold M. Thorlakson in 1956 and is headquartered in Vernon, Canada.

Paprican, Inc. provided technology transfer and cost-competitive research addressing services. The firm offered postgraduate programs at Canadian colleges and short-term professional development courses. It also provided services such as quality assurance, bleaching pilot plant, boiler optimization, corrosion control, environmental services, and pitch control and contaminants. The company was founded in 1925 and was headquartered in Pointe-Claire, Canada.